Daily Archive: April 1, 2014

Who knew that the normal saturday morning bike ride with the boys would get this crazy.  Right off the bat things got bad. Almost as soon as we got on the creek trail a bee flew into my mouth and stung me on the inner lip. OUCH!  I spit that little bugger out but not before he got me good. I wasn’t sure what the hell happened at first and thought it was maybe a bug that bit me, but then soon realized it as a bee sting. Didn’t stop riding though. I thought the picture would show more swelling on the right side but it just make me look more handsome. Like a botox shot for free.  Hurt like hell and still does. Who knew that this picture could end up being my mug shot!

After our normal ride out to Coyote Hills, up and down heart attack hill, we get out to the bus stop to take our normal break. Turns out the  Cargill Guy was trailing us all the way out. He pulls up in his Cargill Salt truck and just sits there a while in his truck. Then goes on his way. He is about a half mile down the levy road when I grab a piece of wood to put on the Portal To Freedom. Thats when Cargill stops, turns around, and heads back our way. He gets out of the Cargill truck and tells us that we have to stop with getting the driftwood and making it stick out of the rocks. When I asked him why he said that its a danger to animals if the wood falls. WTF?! He also said that  park rangers are watching through binoculars over by the Dumbarton Bridge and that if they catch us doing  ANYTHING, that we would be subject to FEDERAL PROSECUTION and fines of up to $575!   He even said that he took our pictures but wouldn’t hand it over to the feds since this was just a warning.  Are you kidding me?!  We are hoping that he was full of bull and just using that “story” to scare us.  If there are tax dollars being spent  to watch me and Downing through binoculars stacking rocks and chucking wood  then I will have to have a chat with my good friend Diane Feinstein. 

So he is basically saying that the portal to freedom is against the law. That the US flag flying in San Francisco Bay is in violation of federal law.

Stay Tuned!

With all the hours dedicated to the front yard project, I’m happy to report that I was still able to log 220 miles in the saddle this month.  941 miles so far this year. Here is today’s pic. Dumbarton Bridge from Coyote Hills shoreline.